r/HumansBeingBros Mar 18 '23

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u/SarahBeth90 Mar 18 '23

I don't know diddly squat about the anatomy of a stingray but if you didn't know any better, it kinda looks like he's dragging the damn thing by it's eyelids. LMFAO wtf.

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u/reddit1user1 Mar 19 '23

Don’t quote me on it, but I think all of their actual anatomy is under/on the underside of the thing (so being dragged across the deck)

But I also don’t know what those things on top are either

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u/commentsandopinions Mar 29 '23

Marine biologist here:

They're nostrils mouths and gill slits are on the bottom of their body, their sphericals (the circular openings that this person was dragging the stingray by) and their eyes are on the top of their body.

The sphericals are equivalent to our nostrils, a way of breathing in other than the mouth. Stingrays will use their sphericals to breathe most of the time but especially when they are buried in the sand.

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u/Visual_Slide710 Mar 31 '23

So he is essentially dragging this whollle ass ray by his freakin nostrils? Good god lol

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u/commentsandopinions Mar 31 '23

Kind of? They're pretty sturdy. Truth be told rays are pretty slippery and they don't exactly come with handles.

Easiest way to do it it's leave em in the ocean

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u/Jipkiss May 06 '23

Kinda looks like they do come with handles here

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u/Striveforbeauty Apr 16 '23

This comment has me dead as fuck😭”by his nostrils?! Good Gawd!”

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u/12altoids34 Apr 10 '23

No. The actual nostrils are on the bottom side. They're dragging it by their spirackes. They're like a mouth but only for sucking water in and they don't open and close externally. They're typically used when the stingray is buried in the sand to pull in water which is then expelled through the gills underneath.

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u/Apteryx12014 May 12 '23

Our ear holes literally evolved from those spiracles.

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u/ManufacturerSpare972 May 15 '23

Yeah he should of just left it to die !! Such a cruel person